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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Manhattan coach Steve Masiello announced Wednesday that Cincinnati transfer Jermaine Lawrence is eligible to play for the Jaspers this season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lawrence was the No. 9-ranked power forward and the No. 26-ranked player in the class of 2013, according to the recruiting website Rivals.com, with scholarship offers from Kansas, Syracuse and UCLA, among other programs.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More:&amp;nbsp;Summer School: Mike Anderson leads Arkansas into critical season&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 6-foot-9 Lawrence averaged 2.8 points and 2.9 rebounds in 26 games for Cincinnati last season. He sat out eight games due to a toe injury.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lawrence elected to transfer after learning that his father had been battling cancer, according to the &lt;i&gt;New York Post.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;He planned to file a hardship waiver for immediate eligibility.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Jaspers went 25-8 and earned a No. 13 seed in this year's NCAA Tournament before losing to No. 4 seed Louisville in the second round.\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jermaine Lawrence is eligible for the 2014 -2015 season!!! Jasper Nation let's go!!!!!\r\n\u2014 Stephen Masiello (@steve_masiello) August 13, 2014\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Chris Johnson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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